On this day in movie history - Crime Wave (1953):

Crime Wave

aka The City Is Dark,

directed by Andre DeToth,

was released in the United States on January 12, 1954.
Based on the short story Criminal's Mark,

by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins,

originally published in The Saturday Evening Post (1950).

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson, Jay Novello, Ned Young, James Bell, Dub Taylor, Gayle Kellogg, Mack Chandler, Timothy Carey, Sandy Sanders, Richard Benjamin, James Hayward, Lyle Latell.

On this day in movie history - Love and Bullets (1979):

Love and Bullets

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Wendell Mayes and John Melson,

was released in the United States on December 9, 1979.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva, Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Michael V. Gazzo, Paul Koslo, Val Avery, Sam Chew Jr., Billy Gray, Jerome Thor, Joseph Roman, Albert Salmi, John Hallam, Sidney Kean, Richard Graydon, Alan Bryce, Robin Clarke, Andy Romano, Lorraine Chase, Raynold Gideon, Ramon Chavez, Rik Colitti, Joe Bellucci, Ray Le Fre, Richard Brose, Lon Carli, Karen Wyeth, James Keane, J. Kenneth Campbell, Michael L. Cooley, Alex Donnelley, Gene Earl, Sapp Gruber, Hans Kronig, Marco Lopez, Charles Lucia, Michael Parrent, Clifford A. Pellow, Josef Rainer, Earl W. Smith.

Born on this day – Charles Bronson:

Charles Bronson

Actor

November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003

Credits:

10 to Midnight (1983); 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 4 for Texas (1963); 6 Bullets to Hell (2016); A Thunder of Drums (1961); Act of Vengeance (1986); Adventures in Paradise (1961); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1978); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1962); All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1989); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); An All-Star Tribute to John Wayne (1976); Apache (1954); Assassination (1987); Backstage in Hollywood (1975); Bad Men of the West (1974); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Battle Zone (1952); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952); Big House, U.S.A. (1955); Biography (2002); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Bonanza (1964); Borderline (1980); Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II (1997); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breakout (1975); Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018); Bronson: St. Ives (1976); Cabo Blanco (1980); Caboblanco: Introduction and Tony Curtis' Parting Words (1998); Cain's Hundred (1961); Cannes Film Festival (1991); Captain Eo Grand Opening (1986); Catastrophe: No Safe Place (1980); Cavalcade of America (1955); CBS Mornings (1993); Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf (2020); Chato's Land (1972); Chevron Theatre (1953); Chino (1973); Ciao! John Crowther (2023); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Cinescope aujourd hui... (1975); Classified X (2007); Cold Sweat (1970); Colt .45 (1957); Combat! (1965); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Crime Wave (1953); Crusader (1955–1956); Death Hunt (1981); Death Wish (1974); Death Wish 3 (1986); Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987); Death Wish II (1982); Death Wish: The Face of Death (1994); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Donato and Daughter (1993); Donny B: The Original King of Daytime (2010); Downtown Crackdown: Mask of Death (2011); Dr. Kildare (1963); Drum Beat (1954); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); Empire (1962–1963); Ennio (2021); Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012); Evocator (2009); Family of Cops (1995); Family of Cops II: Breach of Faith (1997); Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (1999); Farewell, Friend (1968); Film '76 (1976); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Fireside Theatre (1949); Four Star Playhouse (1953); From Noon Till Three (1976); Gang War (1958); General Electric Theater (1955–1961); Good Morning America (1979); Guns for San Sebastian (1968); Guns of Diablo (1964); Gunsmoke (1956–1958); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Hard Times (1975); Have Camera Will Travel (1956); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963); Hennesey (1960–1961); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hey, Jeannie! (1957); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000); House of Wax (1953); How the West Was Lost (2008); I Am Steve McQueen (2014); Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills (2007); Jeanne Wolf with... (1974–1979); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Jubal (1956); Kain's Quest (2015–2017); Kid Galahad (1962); Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989); La classe américaine (1993); La Marató 2005 (2005); La nuit des Césars (1984); Laramie (1960–1961); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Live & Kicking (1996); London Affair (1970); Love and Bullets (1979); Luke and the Tenderfoot (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1955); M Squad (1958); Machine-Gun Kelly (1958); Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012); Man with a Camera (1958–1960); Master of the World (1961); Medic (1954–1956); Messenger of Death (1988); Miss Sadie Thompson (1953); Mr. Majestyk (1974); Murphy's Law (1986); My Six Convicts (1952); Never So Few (1959); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Ninja the Mission Force (2012); Off Limits (1952); Once Upon a Time in the West (1968); One Step Beyond (1961); Operation Dirty Dozen (1967); Pancho Villa: Myth or Man? (1968); Pat and Mike (1952); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Public Defender (1955); Quickies, les questions brèves d'e-penser (2015); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Rawhide (1965); Real Heroes (1981); Red Skies of Montana (1952); Red Sun (1971); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Rider on the Rain (1970); Riding Shotgun (1954); Riverboat (1960); Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021); Run of the Arrow (1957); San Sebastian 1746 in 1968 (1968); Sauna (2008); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Shooting Violent City (2001); Showdown at Boot Hill (1958); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Someone Behind the Door (1971); Spanish Western (2014); St. Ives (1976); Stage 7 (1955); Strange Stories (1956); Studio 57 (1957); Studio One (1957); Sugarfoot (1958); Suspicion (1957); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); Target Zero (1955); Telecinema (1976); Telefon (1977); Telephone Time (1956); Tennessee Champ (1954); Terror Island Overkill: Blutgericht in Todeszone 13 (2013); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The American Ireland Fund Annual Tribute a Salute to Gene Kelly (1990); The Aquanauts (1960); The Big Sur (1965); The Big Valley (1965); The Bob Newhart Show (1962); The Bull of the West (1972); The City of Gods (1968); The Clown (1953); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Cowboy (2016); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Doctor (1952–1953); The Evil That Men Do (1984); The F.B.I. (1966); The Fugitive (1967); The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014); The Great Escape (1963); The Indian Runner (1991); The Islanders (1960); The Joe Palooka Story (1954); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Making of Cabo Blanco (1980); The Making of 'Death Wish 3' (1985); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Marrying Kind (1952); The Mechanic (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Millionaire (1957); The Mob (1951); The New Breed (1961); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Red Skelton Hour (1952); The Roy Rogers Show (1952); The Sandpiper (1965); The Sea Wolf (1993); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Stone Killer (1973); The Suppressor (2011); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Untouchables (1962); The Valachi Papers (1972); The Virginian (1965–1967); The Walter Winchell File (1958); The White Buffalo (1977); The Wild West (1979); This Property Is Condemned (1966); Those Whiting Girls (1957); Today (1985); Torpedo Alley (1952); Treasury Men in Action (1954–1955); U.S. Marshal (1959); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Valachi: The Violent Era (1972); Vera Cruz (1954); Villa Rides (1968); Violent City (1970); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Waterfront (1954–1956); When Hell Broke Loose (1958); Wire Service (1956); X-15 (1961); Yancy Derringer (1959); Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991); You Can't Win 'Em All (1970); You Don't Say (1964); Your First Impression (1962); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

On this day in movie history - Borderline (1980):

Borderline

directed by Jerrold Freedman,

written by Jerrold Freedman and Steve Kline,

was released in the United States on October 31, 1980.
Music by Gil Melle.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Harris, Karmin Murcelo, Enrique Castillo, Wilford Brimley, Norman Alden, James Victor, Panchito Gómez, John Ashton, Lawrence P. Casey, Charles Cyphers, John Roselius, Murray MacLeod, Jerry DeWilde, Katherine Pass, Virgil Frye, Luis Contreras, Eduardo Ricard, John O’Banion, Rodger LaRue, Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon, Virginia Bingham, Anthony Munoz, Ray Ochoa, Ab Taylor, Frank Deatsch, Juan DeLira, Tammy Wilson, Chris Coronado, Tony Alvarenga, Ferdinand Pina, Arnold Diaz, Sy Fuentes, Carlos Muñoz, Norberto Hernández, Luther Fear.

On this day in movie history - The Valachi Papers (1972):

The Valachi Papers

directed by Terence Young,

written by Stephen Geller, Massimo De Rita and Dino Maiuri,

based on the book by Peter Maas,

was released in the United States on October 27, 1972.
Music by Armando Trovajoli and Riz Ortolani.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Amedeo Nazzari, Fausto Tozzi, Pupella Maggio, Angelo Infanti, Guido Leontini, María Baxa, Mario Pilar, Franco Borelli, Alessandro Sperli, Natasha Chevelev, Anthony Dawson, Fred Valleca, John Alarimo, Calogero Azzaretto, Joe Don Baker, Steve Belloise, Angelo Boscariol, Nestore Cavaricci, Massimo Ciprari, Giacomo De Michelis, Bruno Di Luia, Gianni Di Segni, Richard Dunne, Arny Freeman, Alfonso Giganti, Ron Gilbert, Frank Gio, Syl Lamont, Imelde Marani, Isabelle Marchall, Jason McCallum, Franco Ressel, Sabine Sun, Robert Trout, Steve Vignari.

On this day in movie history - The Magnificent Seven (1960):

The Magnificent Seven

directed by John Sturges,

written by William Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 12, 1960.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Vladimir Sokoloff, Rosenda Monteros, Rico Alaniz, Pepe Hern, Natividad Vacío, Mario Navarro, Danny Bravo, John A. Alonzo, Enrique Lucero, Alex Montoya, Robert J. Wilke, Val Avery, Whit Bissell, Bing Russell, Manuel Alvarado, Henry Amargo, José Chávez, Roberto Contreras, Jim Davis, Valentin de Vargas, Larry Duran, Victor French, Edwin Max, Lalo Rios, Joseph Ruskin.

On this day in movie history - The Evil That Men Do (1984):

The Evil That Men Do

directed by J. Lee Thompson,

written by John M. Crowther and David Lee Henry,

based on the novel by R. Lance Hill,

was released in the United States on September 21, 1984.
Music by Ken Thorne.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher, José Ferrer, René Enríquez, John Glover, Raymond St. Jacques, Antoinette Bower, Enrique Lucero, Jorge Luke, Mischa Hausserman, Roger Cudney, Constanza Hool, Joe Seneca, Jorge Zepeda, Conrad Hool, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Angélica Aragón, Rodrigo Puebla, Amanda Nicole Thomas, Anaís de Melo, Eduardo López Rojas, Carlos Romano, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Richard Brodie, Alfredo Tarzan Gutiérrez, Jorge Humberto Robles, Fernando Sáenz.

On this day in movie history - The Indian Runner (1991):

The Indian Runner

directed and written by Sean Penn,

was released in the United States on September 20, 1991.
Music by Jack Nitzsche and David Lindley.

Cast:

David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette, Charles Bronson, Sandy Dennis, Dennis Hopper, Jordan Rhodes, Enzo Rossi, Harry Crews, Eileen Ryan, Trevor Endicott, Brandon Fleck, Kathy Jensen, James Devney, Leland J. Olson, Annie Pearson, Thomas Blair Levin, V. Stacy Klein, Benicio Del Toro, James J. Luxa, Adam Nelson, Eddie Katz, Kenny Stabler, Don Shanks, Neal Stark, Elaine Schoonover, Larry Hoefling, Phil Gould, Chuck Ulmer, Joe Martin, Helen Halmes, James Intveld, Jill Anderson, John Blyth Barrymore, Pete Boughn, Kaylene Carlson, Kevin Costello, Shane Kerwin.

On this day in movie history - Violent City (1970):

Violent City

Italian title: Città violenta,

aka The Family,

directed by Sergio Sollima,

written by Sauro Scavolini, Gianfranco Galligarich, Lina Wertmüller and Sergio Sollima,

based on a story by Dino Maiuri and Massimo De Rita,

was released in Italy on September 17, 1970.
Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Michel Constantin, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Lev, Peter Dane, Corinne Dunne, Richard Dunne, Iver Gilborn, Denny Hulme, Rémy Julienne, Stirling Moss, Beryl Salvatore, George Savalas, Jo Siffert, Robert Spafford, Goffredo Unger, Arnold Williams.